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Chris Stapleton - Hard Livin‘ Chords

Chord reference D, G, A, C, F, E
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↓↑

[D]I used to love to look for a fight, [D]I’d get drunk and shoot out the lights [D]I was known to get outta hand, a rough and rowdy honky tonk man

Never [G]thought it would happen to [D]me But this [A]hard living [C]ain’t [G]as easy as it used to [D]be

[D]I looked a lot, but I’ve never found, [D]a woman that could settle me down [D]I been known to have a good time, no, I could never walk the line

Never [G]thought it would happen [D]to me But this [A]hard living [C]ain’t as [G]easy as it [D]used to be

[G] [F] [F] [F] [G] [F] [F] [E] [D] [G] [F] [F] [F] [G] [F] [F] [F] [A] [C] Never [G]thought it would happen to [D]me But this [A]hard living [C]ain’t [G]as easy as it used to [D]be woo [G] [D] [G] [D] [A] [C] [G] [D]

Artist Chris Stapleton
Album From A Room: Volume 2
Genres Country, Country Rock, Rock
Year 2017
Key D

How to Play Hard Livin‘ on Guitar?

Chris Stapleton - Hard Livin‘ can be played in the key of D using the D, G, A, C, F, E chords.

  • For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
  • For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B.
  • For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
  • For E, To play E, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, let low E, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Hard Livin‘ with the ↓-↓↓↑ strumming pattern.